Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| in blue / dresses / She / very often |
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| We / soup / have / every other day |
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| Do / you / go / ? / every day / to the gym |
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| My parents / almost never / go on holiday |
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| never / listen / They / can |
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| often / eats / pizza / for dinner / Mike |
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| at home? / you / Do / usually / have lunch |
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| you / do / How / go / to the disco? / often |
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| always / Can / dress / in green? / I |
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| Tom / will / help you / rarely / if you need it |
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| to help me / very often / come / My parents |
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| asking me questions / always / is / She |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| me / she / phoned / twice / Yesterday, |
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| once a month / I / go / to the hairdresser's / usually |
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| never / You / your car keys / can / find |
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| I / never / what to say / know |
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| always / get up / at 8 a.m. / I |
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| day in, day out / I / shopping / have to go |
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| some petrol / I travel a lot. I / every other day. / need |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| rarely / when you talk to her / listens / She |
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| usually / I / go / to the dentist / once a year |
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| usually / some help with the homework / need / They |
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| hardly ever / eat / I / oranges |
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| ? / always / Does / Kevin / win |
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| three times a week / to the gym / go / I |
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| five times / it / saw / I |
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| My car / several times a year / breaks down |
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| feel tired? / often / Do / you |
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| usually / am / Something is the matter with me. I / in the mornings. / very tired |
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| John / late / is / often |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
